diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 0e06bead843..1aa6991e4e3 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -499,9 +499,10 @@ def dockerImage = "consensys/teku"
 def dockerJdkVariants = [ "jdk17" ]
 def dockerBuildDir = "build/docker-teku/"
 
+def executableAndArg = System.getProperty('os.name').toLowerCase().contains('windows') ? ["cmd", "/c"] : ["sh", "-c"]
+
 task distDocker  {
   dependsOn dockerDistUntar
-
   def dockerBuildVersion = 'develop'
   doLast {
     for (def variant in dockerJdkVariants) {
@@ -512,14 +513,14 @@ task distDocker  {
       exec {
         def image = "${dockerImage}:${dockerBuildVersion}-${variant}"
         workingDir dockerBuildDir
-        executable "sh"
-        args "-c", "docker build --pull --build-arg BUILD_DATE=${buildTime()} --build-arg VERSION=${dockerBuildVersion} --build-arg VCS_REF=${getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()} -t ${image} ."
+        executable executableAndArg[0]
+        args executableAndArg[1], "docker build --pull --build-arg BUILD_DATE=${buildTime()} --build-arg VERSION=${dockerBuildVersion} --build-arg VCS_REF=${getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()} -t ${image} ."
       }
     }
     // tag the "default" (which is the variant in the zero position)
     exec {
-      executable "sh"
-      args "-c", "docker tag '${dockerImage}:${dockerBuildVersion}-${dockerJdkVariants[0]}' '${dockerImage}:${dockerBuildVersion}'"
+      executable executableAndArg[0]
+      args executableAndArg[1], "docker tag ${dockerImage}:${dockerBuildVersion}-${dockerJdkVariants[0]} ${dockerImage}:${dockerBuildVersion}"
     }
   }
 }
@@ -556,8 +557,8 @@ task uploadDocker {
 
       exec {
         workingDir dockerBuildDir
-        executable "sh"
-        args "-c", "docker build --pull --platform ${platform} --build-arg BUILD_DATE=${buildTime()} --build-arg VERSION=${dockerBuildVersion} --build-arg VCS_REF=${getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()} ${tags} ."
+        executable executableAndArg[0]
+        args executableAndArg[1], "docker build --pull --platform ${platform} --build-arg BUILD_DATE=${buildTime()} --build-arg VERSION=${dockerBuildVersion} --build-arg VCS_REF=${getCheckedOutGitCommitHash()} ${tags} ."
       }
 
       //docker trust sign runs one image at a time, so we have to remove the '-t' in the string and split into a list we can use
@@ -565,8 +566,8 @@ task uploadDocker {
       for (def t in trustTags) {
         exec {
           workingDir dockerBuildDir
-          executable "sh"
-          args "-c", "docker trust sign ${t} && docker push ${t} "
+          executable executableAndArg[0]
+          args executableAndArg[1], "docker trust sign ${t} && docker push ${t} "
         }
       }
     }
@@ -600,8 +601,8 @@ task manifestDocker {
       for (def tag in tags) {
         platforms.forEach { platform -> cmd += "${tag}-${platform} " }
         exec {
-          executable "sh"
-          args "-c", "docker manifest create ${tag} ${cmd} && docker manifest push ${tag}"
+          executable executableAndArg[0]
+          args executableAndArg[1], "docker manifest create ${tag} ${cmd} && docker manifest push ${tag}"
         }
       }
     }